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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Cuomo's Diminished Capitol Presence

Cuomo has been a diminished presence in the Capitol recently. A
review of his public advisory schedules shows that during his first term
in office, he averaged three press conferences in Albany each April.
This year, he has had none. All eight of his pre-advised public
appearances have taken place in either New York City or Cuba, where he
traveled last month for a trade mission. He held no press conference
after passing the budget this year, something he’s done each year since
taking office in 2011.

To the extent he does appear in public, he does so unexpectedly.

On
a recent evening, he appeared at a Saugerties diner, preceded by a
state police detail, who swept the restaurant before Cuomo arrived. He
reportedly ordered a steak.

In April, he showed up at the Manhattan bar mitzvah for the son of a major taxi industry financier. (Nicki Minaj was a guest performer.)

More
recently, he gave a political speech to a group of Brooklyn Democrats.
The event which was advertised by neither his campaign nor his
government handlers.

Cuomo seems most comfortable when responding to emergencies because he knows he's safe from being asked any uncomfortable questions like "Are you under criminal investigation?" or "How could you misremember meeting with Glenwood bagman Charlie Dorego since you were one of only three people in the room and the other - Leonard Litwin - was your biggest donor?"

2 comments:

To these emergencies, we can add a sudden interests in nail salon employees and campus sexual assaults (the latter having not been championed by him before he found himself In a bit of trouble). Also, we should all very much hope for Sandra Lee to get better very very soon.